FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A fast-moving round of thunderstorms that swept across northern Colorado Tuesday afternoon flooded some Fort Collins streets with over a foot of water and hail.
The storm developed south of Denver and moved northward along I-25 around rush hour. The storm hit Fort Collins just before 7 p.m. and brought hail up to 1 inch in diameter and heavy rain that caused flash flooding.
Pretty decent street flooding and a ton of lightning in a fast, n-moving storm in #NoCO. Lake Street, W.Elizabeth closed right now @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/iCUWjSH3nL
— Major King (@MajorDenver7) May 23, 2018
Several intersections were flooded, but among the worst was seen near the Colorado State University campus on Lake Street in Fort Collins, where several vehicles were stuck in the flooding.
Gotta be a backed up drain at Lake Street & Center Avenue on the CSU campus following decent, fast-moving cell in #Larimer that packed some #hail @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/yDebDeOUms
— Major King (@MajorDenver7) May 23, 2018
As the city's police department put it, the water won.
NEWS ALERT: Water wins👎🏻🌧 pic.twitter.com/CKYkelAvnp
— Fort Collins Police (@FCPolice) May 23, 2018
More on the latest forecast and weather conditions here.
